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retary, or Treasurer of the institution on behalf of which it is made, and must be accompanied by a statement of the receipts and expenditure of the institution for the year ending on the 31st day of December, 1910; and such declaration must be on the form provided for the purpose, which form shall be as follows :—

DECLARATION.

I, [Name], of [Place of abode], [Occupation], do solemnly and sincerely declare that I am Chairman [or Secretary, or Treasurer] of the [Name of institution]; that during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 1910, the receipts of the aforesaid institution for the maintenance of the library only were as follows: From rates levied by a local governing body under Part I of the Libraries and Mechanics’ Institutes Act, 1908, or the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908, pounds shillings and pence; from the subscriptions of members, pounds shillings and pence; and from voluntary contributions other than members’ subscriptions, pounds shillings and pence; that the library is public in the sense of belonging to the public, and is not under the control of an association, society, or club whose membership is composed of a section of the community only; that the information hereinafter furnished by me in the appendix hereto is correct in every particular; that the abstract of accounts is a true statement of the receipts and expenditure of the institution for the year herein specified; that the whole of the subsidy received during the year was expended in the purchase of books for the library; and that by the rules of the library it is open to the public free of charge.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908. (Signature.)

Declared at , this day of , 191 , before me , Justice of the Peace [or Solicitor, or Notary Public].

[Here affix and cancel a stamp at 2s. 6d.]

[NOTE.—The words relating to last year’s subsidy and to free admission may be struck out if they are not applicable. The words in brackets are not part of the form, but indicate matter to be inserted or substituted.]

Copies of the form of application may be obtained from the Secretary for Education, Wellington, and from the Secretary of any Education Board.

D. BUDDO,
Acting Minister of Education.

Special Order made by the Whangamarino Road Board, County of Waikato.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th November, 1910.

THE following special order, made by the Whangamarino Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Road Boards Act, 1908.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

SPECIAL ORDER MADE BY WHANGAMARINO ROAD BOARD.

THAT the undermentioned be noxious weeds within the meaning of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, in the Whangamarino Road District :—

Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus).

Canadian or Californian Thistle (Cnicus arvensis).

Sweetbriar (Rosa rubiginosa).

Gorse (Ulex europæus).

Ragwort or ragweed (Senecio jacobæa).

Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea).

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly passed in accordance with the Road Boards Act, 1908.

THOMAS LOFTUS,
Clerk.

Special Order made by the Council of the County of Waimea.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 10th November, 1910.

THE following special order, made by the Waimea County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

SPECIAL ORDER MAKING SPECIAL RATE OVER THE SPECIAL RATING DISTRICT NO. 4 SHERRY.

THAT, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, the Waimea County Council hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £450, authorized to be raised by the Waimea County Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of constructing a cart-bridge over the Sherry River, the said Waimea County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of ¼d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the special rating district No. 4 Sherry—viz., starting at a point on the western bank of the Sherry River at the north-eastern corner of Section 3, Block XV, Wangapeka Survey District; thence along the northern boundary of the said Section 3 and the production thereof to its intersection with the western boundary of Section 136 of the block and district aforesaid; thence in a southerly direction along the western boundary of the said Section 136 and across a public road to the north-eastern corner of Section 150 in the block and district aforesaid; thence generally in a westerly direction along the northern boundaries of Sections 150 and 28, Block XV, the north-eastern boundary of Section 19, the north-eastern, north-western, and south-western boundaries of Section 22, and the north-western boundary of Section 20, Block XIV, Wangapeka Survey District, to the western boundary of the said Section 20; thence in a straight line in a westerly direction to Trig. R; thence generally in a southerly direction along the top of the main range to Trig. O and a point due west of the southern corner of Section 9, Block VI, Tadmor Survey District; thence generally in an easterly direction to the southern corner of the said Section 9; thence along the south-eastern boundary of the said Section 9 and the southern boundary of Section 2 to the forks of the Sherry River; thence across the river; thence along the western boundaries of Sections 42 and 45 and the south-western and south-eastern boundaries of the said Section 45, the south-eastern boundary of Section 42, and the southern boundary of Section 43, to the south-eastern corner of the said Section 43 in Block VII, Tadmor Survey District; thence generally in a northerly direction along the eastern boundaries of Sections 43 and 44, Block VII, and of Sections 53, 7, 6, 49, 48, 47, 4, 19, 3, and 9 of Block III, Tadmor Survey District, and of Sections 147 and 7, Block XV, Wangapeka Survey District, to the eastern corner of the said Section 7; thence in a westerly direction along the northern boundaries of Sections 7 and 116, Block XV, Wangapeka Survey District, and the production of the same to the western bank of the Sherry River; thence in a northerly direction along the west bank of the Sherry River to the starting-point: and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable on the 1st day of October in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of thirty-six years and a half, or until the loan is fully paid off.

I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of a resolution passed by the Waimea County Council at a special meeting held on the 6th day of October, 1910, and confirmed at a subsequent meeting held on the 4th day of November, 1910.

S. BLOMFIELD,
Clerk, Waimea County Council.

Special Order made by the Christchurch Tramway Board.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 14th November, 1910.

THE following special order, made by the Christchurch Tramway Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

SPECIAL ORDER MAKING SPECIAL RATE.

Christchurch Tramway District (exclusive of Riccarton-Sockburn Subdistrict).

In pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in it by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, and the Christchurch Tramways District Act, 1906, the Christchurch Tramway Board hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on loans aggregating £61,400, duly authorized by the above-mentioned Acts and by a poll of the ratepayers of the Christchurch Tramway District (exclusive of the Riccarton-Sockburn Subdistrict) taken on the 24th day of June,